Distributed Generation

The energy transition is happening, and it is happening fast. Yet challenges remain as we race at unprecedented speed to...

How much can medium and community sized batteries truly help Australia decarbonise? Ausgrid CCO, Rob Amphlett Lewis, says there’s a...

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $8.6 million in funding for the development of Western Australia’s Distributed Energy...

TransGrid has released a new report forecasting the near-future of renewable energy generation, and the infrastructure needed to ease network...

Soltec, a reference company within the photovoltaic industry, has launched the first complete power generation and distribution product for photovoltaic...

Soltec keeps leading the way by committing to distributed generation. The company has just launched Solarfighter, an innovative product that...

A team at the Australian National University has undertaken a significant project to explore the potential benefits of community batteries,...

The rapid uptake and deployment of residential solar and home batteries is having a significant impact on Australia’s energy system....

Traditionally, solar PV panels have been orientated in a northerly direction, towards the equator. But new research from the University...

The South Australian Government is expanding Australia's largest Virtual Power Plant (VPP) with another 3,000 families in Housing SA properties...

The University of Queensland has become the first university in the world to have all its power come from its...

New research has slammed Australia’s “embarrassing” energy efficiency performance, just as a global agency has released a plan to supercharge...

With the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) forecasting that as much as 75 per cent of Australia’s energy could be...

Rooftop solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles and microgrids are transforming Western Australia’s electricity system. These small-scale devices, known as Distributed...

A new report suggests Western Australia’s electricity generation capacity is sufficient to meet demand in the South West Interconnected System...

The Australian Energy Council, the Energy Efficiency Council and the Property Council of Australia are among fifteen major organisations from...

The Victorian Government has unveiled a $15.3 million package of renewable energy investments to help reduce the state’s emissions. The...

Energy Networks Australia has released a new plan for better management of Australia’s energy system to accommodate the nation’s increasing...

Four Queensland shopping centres and one in Victoria will install solar panels across their entire roofs as part of the...

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has released a report on its Virtual Power Plant (VPP) Demonstration program, aiming to...

The Clean Energy Council is lobbying governments around Australia to include renewable energy and energy storage as a key part...

Late last year, the Australian Energy Market Operators (AEMO) released the Draft 2020 Integrated System Plan (ISP). The ISP has...

ARENA has provided Evoenergy with $2.05 million in funding to research and test the impact of distributed energy resources on...

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has launched its Distributed Energy Resources (DER) register - the first database of its...

Energy trading software company, Power Ledger, has partnered with Australian electricity wholesaler, Powerclub, for the large scale roll out of...

Energex and Ergon Energy are bringing the essential extensive technical and safety training required for working on Queensland’s electricity distribution...

AusNet Services has awarded a $600 million contract to provide operational and maintenance services on the electricity distribution network in...

Horizon Power has been awarded a joint Silver in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Energy Smart Communities Initiative Best Practice...

By Jeff Allen, EESA National President In anticipation of EECON 19, National President of the Electric Energy Society of Australia (EESA), Jeff Allen, takes a...

by Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Networks Australia With the expansion of solar energy already impacting our electricity grid...